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Southdale Center in Edina, Minn., America’s first enclosed mall, in the 1950s. Shopping centers may have been pedestrian-friendly in their way, but they were nevertheless islands in a sea of parking. ...

Colorized photo of Valley Plaza in the 1950s Credit: Photo by Nzimpfer Viewing the new signs at Valley Plaza in 1957 are, left to right, Norman Caldwell, manager of May Co., Bob Symonds, realtor; John ...

The Town & County Shopping Center attracted shoppers from surrounding areas decades before construction of the Dayton Mall, The Mall at Fairfield Commons, The Greene and Austin Landing. After ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The shopping mall as we know it became popular in the United States in the 1950s as a ...

When the first malls opened in the 1950s they were such an achievement that they inspired even Walt Disney. By the 1980s, the mall had become the center of American social life and accounted for the ...